Inferences, Analogies, Metaphors, Connections, ...

• The art of the metaphor by Jane Hirshfield
• James Geary, metaphorically speaking
• “I didn’t know they could think!” by Wiggins
• Strategies to Help Readers Make Meaning through Inferences Grades 4 - 12
• Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinkingby Hofstadter & Sander
  • The Brain As An Analogy Machine interview of the authors by Tom Ashbrook
• When Kids Can't Read—What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12by Kylene Beers
  • Summary from one school - http://middlesecondarytoolkit.pbworks.com/f/mainidea111509.pdf

• Is there anything more core than inferential thinking and logical argument in the Common Core for ELA or Social Studies?
• Do you need to teach/support/encourage student questioning concomitantly?
• Can computers do inferential thinking?